Rebecca

So today is the spring equinox, which means it’s the start of the ‘equinox to solstice better health thing’ that J and I are doing.I’m listing out my goals, both in things to do and numbers to strive for, along with a few known exceptions.I plan to update at least once a month around the 20th, and maybe once a week if I get motivated enough.

I was trying to figure out appropriate headings to divide things under or a logical order but I’m choosing to simply list.

- - Cardio 3x a week, @ least 30 minutes each

- - Strength / flexibility 3x a week @ least 30 minutes each

(might be a yoga class, might be the Wii, might be doing workouts from Runner’s World)

- - Eating a fruit and a vegetable every day

- - Calorie counting through livestrong.com for a week, every third week of the 13 (5 total)

The goal of this is to get healthier overall.I know my running will improve if my core does, and I tend to neglect everything except miles when I’m training.But it helps if goals can be measured so –

- Weightcurrently 149, aiming for 142

- Pushups (girly) currently can do two or so before I have to pause (so sad), aiming for at least ten

- Situps currently around eight slow steady pushups, though I can’t keep my feet flat while doing it, want to get to 20.

Known slacker moments:

-I am running a half-marathon on March 27, so this very first week I will not be hitting the strength/flexibility too much because I don’t want to be sore for the race.Week two cardio will be at a minimum for recovery.

-My cousin’s wedding is April 30.

-I am running Bay to Breakers (12k) on May 15.

So there it is.I welcome any suggestions, especially of ways to measure out my goals, other than just checking them as done.

I will definitely report back on the acupuncture. I've heard some amazing success stories, but still have to find a practitioner here (they're all over actually, but I'd kind of like to work from a specific recommendation, you know?)

Heh - thanks! I am going to aim for a weekly report, less chance for me to fudge things.

That's pretty much exactly how I feel about strength training, and why I've never managed to keep going for more than a few weeks. But J has his own set of goals for this time period, so hopefully if we're both good it'll be harder for either of us to slack off.